1 FEBRUARY 1896, page 15

Irish "bulls."

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "ElrzcTAToR. - ] Sin,—Some curious Irish " bulls " have cropped up daring the canvassing for the coming- election for North Belfast. Mr. Wilson, speaking......

[to Tne Editor Of The Spixtator."1 Sir,—when...

ago in Wales, I saw , one day a striking example of a dog's understanding the meaning of a word,—a word the meaning of which he must have learnt by observation, and not by......

Art.

THE OLD MASTERS —IT. DIRECTION, 11.10vEMENT, ACTION. IF I had to choose one out of all this splendid collection of pictures, I think it must be Tintoretto's Diana (No. 99). The......

Poetry.

THE LORELEI' (FROM HEINE). I WOTNA what's this comae owre me, My heart is grown sae wae, An eerie and auld world ballant Rings aye in my head the day. The lift's turnin' cool......

A Mouse-story.

[To TX! EDITOR OF THE * 8PECTATOR:1 SIR,—A lady living in my house in the country announced to me one day that she bad tamed a family of mice, consisting of a father and mother......